Daming pirates

Now the Spanish have been overthrown by the British, and the Dutch and Portuguese are also strong contenders for the sea. They are all trying to seize more resources and occupy more colonies to obtain greater benefits.

There will inevitably be a naval battle.

This also encourages their shipbuilders to create better, larger, stronger, more powerful, and more flexible warships to serve their country and allow the navy to strive for more benefits for their country.

, including businessmen, have also invested in buying new ships and sailed to the distant seas to explore and discover new continents, occupy new colonies, rob people, traffic in slaves and commodities, and obtain huge profits.

There are even some scumbags who simply buy ships and engage in piracy business at sea, robbing enemy merchant ships, and doing business without money. These have greatly promoted the development of their shipbuilding and military industries.

However, such an environment is seriously lacking in China. The officials of the Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to maritime trade, let alone the idea of ​​​​expanding territory. They only wanted to hold on to the ancestral legacy left to them by their ancestors, which was considered very satisfying. So

As a result, the technological development of China's shipbuilding industry has completely stagnated. Maritime trade is limited to the personal behavior of maritime merchants. If you want to promote the development of the shipbuilding industry, there is simply no such environment and demand. Naturally, it is impossible to promote the development of China's shipbuilding industry.

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After listening to Yu Xiaotian's question, Gu Feng quickly bowed and replied: "When I go back to the boss, I and these guys have already seen these two boats. Although they haven't looked at them carefully, they have also looked at them.

Got a rough idea!

Most of the interiors of these two boats are still very strong. They look heavily damaged on the outside, but in fact the damage to the internal structures is not serious, so repairing them is not very troublesome. You only need to remove some damaged boat plates.

Replace the same new ship planks, re-caulk the seams to plug some cracks, and the ship is basically repaired!

The biggest problem is that one of the masts of the ship was broken. Now we don't have enough material here, so I'm afraid we won't be able to install a new mast. If we splice it together, I'm afraid it won't be strong enough. This is probably the most difficult thing to do.

Something happened!

For the rest, it’s easy to say that the villain is not relying on the big one. After docking, it will take at least three months to ensure that they can be repaired! At the same time, we craftsmen can also learn how they built this ship!"

Gu Feng's words made Yu Xiaotian very satisfied, because he had personally inspected these two ships at Keelung Fort more than a month ago. Basically, the internal main structures were not damaged, but the hulls and plates were relatively beaten.

Unfortunately, the loss of sailing equipment was relatively large, and the most serious problem was the mast problem. As for the damage to individual ship ribs, it was only a small number, and they could just be replaced during ship repairs.

So on the surface, these two ships look dilapidated, but in fact, the real repair is much simpler than rebuilding the three-masted Dafu ship, and it is not difficult for shipwrights like Gufeng at all.

As for the problem of masts, he knew something about it. For a long time in the history of Western countries, especially the United Kingdom, their shipyards also lacked wood for ship masts, so they came up with a method of splicing masts.

Instead of using a whole log to make a mast, this method has been used for a long time. Although the structural strength is not as strong as a whole log, it is still workable.

But he did not intend to use this method, because it would take a long time to experiment with this method. It is estimated that the strength of the spliced ​​mast that was just made would be difficult to guarantee, so it was best to use a whole log to make the mast.

There is definitely no suitable wood on Nanri Island, but now that he has occupied Tamsui and Keelung, Taiwan Island is rich in wood resources. Taiwan Island itself has a lot of wood that is very suitable for shipbuilding, such as redwood and Taiwan pine.

, large camphor trees and other tree species, there is no problem in finding some mast materials. As far as he knows, there are a lot of such materials in the timber storage yard of Tamsui Boathouse. After the main bodies of the two ships are repaired,

Sail the ship with the broken mast to Tamsui, select a piece of mast material there, and install it.

Therefore, it seems that the repair of these two boats is not a big problem at present, so he, Gu Feng and others discussed the repair plan in the boathouse, and decided to remove some things on the boat first, unload the boat to reduce the weight of the hull, and also

The mast was also removed to lower the center of gravity of the ship, and then the ship was moved into the dock and repairs began.

After talking about these things, Yu Xiaotian summoned Luo Xianbin, who brought the boat back this time. When he returned to Nanri Island to recover from his injuries some time ago, he left Luo Xianbin at Keelung Fort to help Blackhead deal with the aftermath of the war.

This time Luo Xianbin returned to Nanri Island with these two large plywood boats. When he saw Yu Xiaotian, Luo Xianbin immediately congratulated Yu Xiaotian excitedly. He saw that Yu Xiaotian had basically recovered and was no longer alive.

Danger, these people are happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, thank you for always caring about my injury. It's no longer a serious problem. I estimate that the wound will be completely healed in one or two months at the latest. I will definitely be fine this time."

I can’t die!”

"The Great Master is a man from heaven who has descended to earth. He must be blessed with great blessings. We have long thought that this minor injury will be fine! Sure enough, even the Prince of Hell does not dare to accept the great Master's majesty. With the Great Master's body and bones, at least

There is no problem in living a long life!" Luo Xianbin grinned and flattered Xiaotian.

Yu Xiaotian frowned, why did he feel that his words were familiar? Aren't these words that the subordinates of Shenlong Sect Master Hong often used to flatter him in The Deer and Cauldron? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, stop flattering me. If you flatter me again, I can't give you a few more taels of silver! Haha! Tell me, how is the situation at Keelung Fort these days!" Yu Xiao

While Tian was talking, he took a bowl of soup and drank it with a frown. After drinking this for so many days, he felt like vomiting when he smelled it. It was really convenient to take pills without western medicine, but there was nothing he could do.

He needs to fully recover as soon as possible, otherwise he will not be able to keep up physically and mentally.

Luo Xianbin immediately raised his chest and replied: "Master Qi, Brother Hei is there over there, as well as Deputy Commander Sun. They are doing things very reliably. The prisoners are temporarily detained in temporary prisoner camps. They have to dig stones every day. Now it has changed."

You have to be more obedient!

Most of the damaged ships have now been basically repaired, and they will return to Nanri Island one after another these days for continued repairs! The damaged fort Heige and the others are arranging manpower for repairs, and fishing and whaling have now resumed.

, that Spanish ship that escaped never came back!"

Yu Xiaotian put down the soup bowl, took a sip of water, rinsed his mouth, nodded and said: "Nonsense, I know all these things. How are the brothers who died in the battle treated? What's the condition of the injured now?"

Luo Xianbin quickly replied: "I have informed you that the bodies of brothers who died in the war have been collected and buried as long as the bodies of the brothers who died in the war can be found. According to the instructions of the great master, a cemetery has been built next to Keelung Fort, and all of them are buried on the spot.

We visited Keelung Fort Cemetery. The shape of the cemetery is modeled after that of Nanri Island Cemetery. It is very beautiful and has good Feng Shui!

For some brothers whose bodies could not be found, a tomb was prepared for them and they were buried together with other brothers.

Our brothers in Keelung Fort, except for those on duty, all the others attended their funerals. It was very grand, so please rest assured, sir!

In addition, among the injured, more than 30 brothers failed to survive in the end! They were buried in the cemetery on the spot! The remaining more than 50 injured brothers were basically recovered under the rescue of local medical officers.

They all survived, but a few of them probably won't be able to return to the ship because they are disabled!

But they didn't worry about anything. Anyway, they couldn't go hungry with the big boss. Even when they heard that the big boss was seriously injured, they were very nervous. When they came back this time, they saw that the big boss had recovered a lot, so they sent someone back to tell them and let them

Then you can rest assured!”

Yu Xiaotian sighed slightly. Their losses this time were really not small. They killed two to three hundred people and injured dozens more. This was mainly because some sailors were injured and fell into the water. They were unable to struggle and were drowned. In addition,

Several other boats sank so fast that people had no time to jump into the sea to escape. When the boat sank, they were sucked in too.

Therefore, there were a lot of people killed in the battle, but not a lot of injured. However, there were more than 80 injured. In the end, only 50 people survived and more than 30 people died. This mortality rate is still too high.

But if you think about it carefully, it is very rare that the mortality rate of wounded soldiers in this era can be controlled at this level. Even among wounded soldiers in European countries, the mortality rate is now at least more than half.

You must know that the wounded are very precious. Those injured in battle are like having undergone a baptism. As long as they survive, they will basically quickly become the backbone of the absolute army.

So he turned to Li Gouzi and said: "Many brothers died in the battle at Jilongwan this time. The pension must be distributed as soon as possible and it must be effectively distributed to their families! In addition, their posthumous affairs must be arranged well.

We can’t let our brothers who died in the war live in peace! It doesn’t hurt to spend a little more money. We can arrange a memorial service for them here!

The weather this time was mainly too hot, and the bodies of many brothers could not be found. It was not convenient for the brothers who found the bodies to transport them back for burial, so I asked Heitou to arrange for them to be buried on the spot at Keelung Fort!

If their family members want to go to Keelung Fort to pay homage to their tombs, they should try their best to arrange this matter without any pushback. This is human nature. Their family members cannot even see them for the last time, which is already a pity for them.

If they want to go, they must make good arrangements and take good care of them!"

(Today I took my son and daughter out to play. I came back a little late, so the update is late. Please forgive me! Also, thank you to Autumn Maple Forest and Not Obvious enough for the tip!)